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  1. I’m 50 this year, the idea of being active until I’m late 80s and then cognitively okay until 92-93 is what I try to focus on right now and that future depends on my decisions across (1) nutrition, (2) activity including cardio, strength, balance, core and flexibility, (3) sleep, (4) relationships, and (5) brain health. every year I do more on each of these. In the end I hope I live a long life and die of old age when seems to be a gentler way out.
  2. I’ll add you have to find joy and temporal happiness in eating well. I’ll admit right now I’m struggling because I was so strict for 6 months and now I’m healthy and so I’m enjoying the occasional glass of wine and a more relaxed diet. I’ve gained a few pounds of water and actual weight I’m sure, 5-6 lbs total. I still eat well most of the day it’s the dinner that can be tough. But the joy of crispy tacos is so fleeting and the feeling of being healthy is so much more sustained. It’s way easier said than done but I reached for a banana, celery juice and a Lara cashew date bar for breakfast. Feels so much better than eggs butter and bacon. I now need to string together 10-12 days of this diet to keep my weight and health where I want it. I think we also have to see this kind of diet as the baseline and the taco plate at the Tex Mex joint as the rare exception. Way easier said than done but eating how we were designed to eat in a world with cheap, unnatural and frankly addictive foods is really really hard.
  3. I employ one of my sons, I tried to run the numbers on lawn care. The amount they need to function as young adults without asking me for cash - so that’s gas, car registration, oil changes, a portion of their insurance, walking around money, modest clothes budget, some date money, savings and retirement contributions ($100/ month) etc is an order of magnitude higher than what I pay our lawn guy. Our lawn care is $60 per visit, no extra work done that’s paid project by project. Thick of the spring we are $360 per month. Dead of winter, $0 per month. The way run our household making the kids function as responsible adults requires more then 2x the peak spring costs. We had to nix lawn care from their options bc it made no sense.
  4. What can I say I love a good rotisserie chicken… 😕
  5. You can cook with more spices, I was on a low histamine diet too for long covid, it’s even more strict. In fact many spices are anti-inflammatory too. you can’t go wrong counting calories but honestly I would focus on eating the right food first. Then work on calorie reduction if you are having a problem after 2-3 weeks. the thing is, getting off processed food, added sugar, animal based saturated fat takes tremendous effort for a couple of weeks. And your appetite will be sky high for a while as you come off that dependency. about 3 weeks in you’ll start craving natural foods and loving how they taste. I would crave scrambled eggs and potatoes like you could not imagine. Some nights I had to have broccoli. I’d even make a special trip to the store to get it. I would devour okra in the afternoons. I would eat an entire personal watermelon multiple times a week. the key is to be real and not fudge. 5g or less of added sugar per day, preferably 1-2g. Zero processed carbs. No butter, no steak, chicken skin, or bacon, avoid cheese and dairy at first. Just get your system off the crap as soon as possible. Lean heavy on fruits and vegetables. It’s impossible to over eat broccoli and sweet potatoes (as an example). You can’t do it. They are not calorie dense. What you can’t do is eat few veggies and fruit and lean on protein and cheeses. The foundation of anti-inflammatory is lots and lots of vegetables and fruit. eating out even the healthy stuff is a trap imo. Cook at home that’s the only way you know it’s good food. once you’re on the diet then if you aren’t losing weight count calories. once you are losing weight you can add milk and cheese, yogurt and some tiny minuscule added sugar cheats but you still want to be 5g or less. the final piece has nothing to do with weight loss but round it out with a good supplement game especially stuff that’s good for your brain and nervous system, exercise, sleep, invest in your relationships and then at that point you are firing on all cylinders for a maximum health span and a longer life.
  6. Summer escape U-turn from Monterey CA area to here. All but done. Adults with the low key pace with about 6 hours of work per day. Kids in some immersion classes, found a mountain bike tour operator they will do some of that. Airbnb prices are way more affordable than US hotspots. Not new to Mexico so cartel presence doesn’t concern us as long as they aren’t highly visible and aren’t coming after gringos. PV isn’t much different - they are there but discrete and not concerned with Americans and Canadians. Invited my 75 year old mom and her bestie - both can walk all over. open to thoughts …
  7. so the 70 or so humans that have contracted it - I know most are workers at these farms - but are we aware of any contracting through consuming commercially available eggs and pasteurized milk? I don't think so...? basically, are the eggs and pasteurized milk at HEB is unaffected.
  8. not directed to me, but we drink ultra filtered - less fat, less sugar, keeps the protein.
  9. I'll lay off the raw milk... for now. thanks.
  10. so serious question - should one stop drinking milk and eating eggs for a period of time?
  11. buncha hoes that's who.
  12. troph

    LBGTQ

    silver lining - looks like State is currently leaving existing passports alone as long as they have an F or M on them (X are toast). Trans reddit is reporting little problems coming back into the US. I renewed mine early (still had 3 years to go) back in December, so I'm good til 2035 if the current State position remains. Now I need that Texas law that's proposed to retroactively reverse changes on Texas DLs to die in committee and then I'm good for at least 2 years. I need a 4 year reprieve to get my kids out of school and then we leave but we get to leave with my identification from the US the way it's supposed to be.
  13. the first half of the arky game was quite possibly the worst basketball I've seen since my kids played at age 6. atrocious on every level. we can argue what is the higher end range for Texas men's basketball but I think we can all agree the target for mens basketball should be waaaaaaaay higher than this crap.
  14. Is cris Collingsworth calling this game ?
  15. This might be the worst performance I’ve ever seen. Wtf?
  16. we covered the fact that spaceX didn’t seek a higher clearance for musk because of his prior drug use and interactions with foreign leaders? There’s like what 200 spaceX employees with a higher clearance than musk (prior to DOGE)?
  17. I bet his wife uses liquid smoke to make that “brisket” I bet he wears panties in the bedroom too, NTTAWWT.
  18. I will admit as a veteran of therapy it’s incredibly hard to find a good one, you gotta kick a lot of flat tires to find a good one.
  19. My mom figured it out, my dad is still out to lunch. They come around or it’s gets easier with them gone. You did the right thing. behavior has consequences.
  20. she's mad the penis in her home doesn't put the lid down or never lifts it at all and splashes that rank penis urine all over the seat. she's had enough of warm liquid on her butt checks she's done with penises for ever. I'm telling y'all. everyone should be a lesbian. the world would be blissfully and orgasmically happy.
  21. aint for those knuckleheads, it's for the casual folks who watch the commercials and some of the game. btw every GOD DAMNED Texas game was interrupted with OH NO!!! Trans people!!! BAD!!! Vote for Ted Cruz, Vote for Donald Trump. Fuck these assholes.
  22. do we get to wear the pink hats again? that was so much fun and so awesome. think about all the good we can do!!??!
  23. Get a Super Bowl ad and blare a faux emergency broadcast signal and just simply say it - Trump is ignoring courts, violating the law, ignoring the constitution, butt fucking you and your neighbors. Unfortunately it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. Buckle up there isn’t a damn thing we can do for two year and four after that but you know what, everyone pay attention. You lost your job, your prescription drugs, your neighbor was picked up, your brother was picked up, child care is gone, eggs are still expensive, you name it, project 2025 and that lying asshole’s agreement to implement it. Americans, this was your choice. Remember that we will be here for you in two years. Until then buckle up and may god be with you because no one else is.
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